bad bosses

Well-liked employee gets called for a performance improvement meeting that included HR without him knowing, so he flipped the scene, looked for a new job, and resigned: 'The director called me after, absolutely flabbergasted by his unprofessionalism'

María Cetra

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'Is it normal for people to take a screenshot of your direct Teams message, and send it in an email to other people in the company?': Boss sends out screenshot of direct message with employee, employee wonders if it's a breach of privacy

JR Atkinson

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Employee accepts new job with 40% pay raise, company rescinds offer when former employer sends non-compete clause with forged signature: 'My former boss destroyed my livelihood'

Ally Perry

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Boss spends 6 months persecuting employees, flips out when one calls him out with anonymous letter: 'He threw a massive fit'

Ally Perry

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Manager offers employee promotion, gets offended when he rejects four direct reports and no salary increase: 'You would have thought I set the building on fire'

Ally Perry

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New in-office policy incentivizes coworkers to snitch on each other, ruining remote work for everyone else: 'Hall-monitoring coworkers just ruined remote work for our entire company'

JR Atkinson

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Employee constantly covers for lazy coworker, gets written up by boss when he stops: 'He said I used to be more helpful'

Ally Perry

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Fast food employee calls in sick 5 times in their first 4 months, manager calls them out: 'He was trying to guilt trip me for following health codes'

JR Atkinson

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Manager threatens to take away 2 week's pay and bonus if employee doesn't disclose the company they're leaving to work for: 'Does she really have the right to withhold money?'

JR Atkinson

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Employee gets rejected for supervisor role because they lack 'leadership presence', manager makes them train new hire: 'I usually have people handle the technical weeds for me'

Ally Perry

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Company mandates return to office with 2 weeks notice, half the team looks for new jobs: 'I have a 90-minute commute each way. That's 3 hours a day. 12 hours a week'

JR Atkinson

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New work rule doubles employee's commute time home, refuses to let them leave 15 minutes early to avoid this: 'Are we being unreasonable?'

JR Atkinson

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Manager lets team stop work at 5:30, upper management lowers their bonuses because they don't work until 8: 'Another department was showing more passion'

Ally Perry

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Employee quits after 2 years of staying on Zoom call with manager 8 hours a day every day at work: 'Never accept a job under these conditions'

Ally Perry

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Boss demands employee show up 1 hour earlier unpaid, sends an AI-generated message to motivate them: 'You have the potential to do great things'

JR Atkinson

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Boss ignores employee giving 2 weeks' notice after rejecting $5.50/hr raise, gets surprised when they leave: 'I didn't answer any of the calls'

Ally Perry

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